Ethnic/Urban Woman on the Street
Because we're legally obligated to...here is our new Afro-American columnist, Kalifa Tauber with the first of what I'm sure will be many enlightening and progressive articles. -The Editor
Because we're legally obligated to...here is our new Afro-American columnist, Kalifa Tauber with the first of what I'm sure will be many enlightening and progressive articles. -The Editor
Date of Annual Cancellation of Annual African-American Day Parade Announced;
"Safer" Cancellation Parade Scheduled in its Place
by Kalifa Tauber, Our Town Staff
Cancellation Parade 2005
At a poorly-attended press conference this afternoon, Mayor Allenbach announced the official cancellation date of the annual African-American Day parade as October 1st, 2006.
The holiday has been a tepidly received Chesterfield Ridge tradition since 1993 when Mayor Allenbach concocted the idea as a ploy to attract "progressive voters." Typically scheduled for the first rainy afternoon of the first Monday in October, African-American Day has always been paired with the cancellation of an accompanying parade.
Says Mayor Allenbach, "At first it was sort of this inside joke between me and some of the Town Board members, like, 'Well, gee, there aren't any African-Americans in Chesterfield Ridge, so what the heck do we need to give 'em a parade for?' But then it turned into this sort of tradition that the townspeople got behind."
So enthused are the citizens of Chesterfield Ridge by the yearly cancellation--typically announced several days before African-American Day and determined by weather forecasts--that the cancellation of the parade was only skipped once in the thirteen years since the holiday was created.
"Yeah, one year we decided to go ahead and actually do a parade," recalls Mayor Allenbach, whose skin is as pure as oatmeal. "But it was kind of a one-joke pony, you know? It was like, 'Check us out, guys, we're actually having a parade for this thing!' And at first people laughed about it like, 'You guys are crazy!' but after about fifteen minutes we just sent the marching band home because no one even bothered showing up. Besides," he adds, "it was raining anyway."
"Safer" Cancellation Parade Scheduled in its Place
by Kalifa Tauber, Our Town Staff
Cancellation Parade 2005At a poorly-attended press conference this afternoon, Mayor Allenbach announced the official cancellation date of the annual African-American Day parade as October 1st, 2006.
The holiday has been a tepidly received Chesterfield Ridge tradition since 1993 when Mayor Allenbach concocted the idea as a ploy to attract "progressive voters." Typically scheduled for the first rainy afternoon of the first Monday in October, African-American Day has always been paired with the cancellation of an accompanying parade.
Says Mayor Allenbach, "At first it was sort of this inside joke between me and some of the Town Board members, like, 'Well, gee, there aren't any African-Americans in Chesterfield Ridge, so what the heck do we need to give 'em a parade for?' But then it turned into this sort of tradition that the townspeople got behind."
So enthused are the citizens of Chesterfield Ridge by the yearly cancellation--typically announced several days before African-American Day and determined by weather forecasts--that the cancellation of the parade was only skipped once in the thirteen years since the holiday was created.
"Yeah, one year we decided to go ahead and actually do a parade," recalls Mayor Allenbach, whose skin is as pure as oatmeal. "But it was kind of a one-joke pony, you know? It was like, 'Check us out, guys, we're actually having a parade for this thing!' And at first people laughed about it like, 'You guys are crazy!' but after about fifteen minutes we just sent the marching band home because no one even bothered showing up. Besides," he adds, "it was raining anyway."
